Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-06
CATARRn DESCRIBED.
The Sym, toms Attending That Dis
ease Witch Leads to Con-
Su,nDtiOn.

When catarrh has existed in the head and the
upper part OF the throat for any length of time
subject to IL.
ease has been lett uncured, the catarrh invari-
ably. sometimes slowly. extends down the
tuOescOnvey ths air to the diiferene p arts OF
the lungs. The tubes become affected from
the swelling and the mucous arising from
catarrh. and, in SOM instances. become plugged
up. SO thnt the air cannot get in as freely as It
should. shortness Of breath follows, and thu
In cit her case there is sound of crackling
and wheezing inside the chest. At this stage OF
the disease the breathing is usually moro rapid
than when in health. The patient has also hot
The pain which accompanies this condition Is
of dull character. felt in the chest, behind the
breast bone, or under the shoulder blade The
pain may come and go-last few days and then
he absent for several others The cough that
occurs in the first stages OF bronchial catarrh is
dry, comes on mt intervals, hacking in charnc.
ter. and Is usually most troublesome in the
morning on rising. or going to bed at night and
it may be in tho first evidence of tho disease OK.
tending into tho lungs.
by the tough mucns so violent as to cause von-
iting. Later on the mucus that is raised, Is
found to contain small PARTICLES Of yellow mat.
ter. which indicates that the small tubes In the
lungs are now affected. With this there are
often streaks of blood mixed with the muc,Is
In some cases the patient becomes very pale,
has fever, ard expectorates before any cough
in some cases small masses of cheesy sub.
tween the fingers, emit Il bad odor. In other
cases. particles of Il hard, chalky nature arc
spit up. The raising of cheesy or chaiky humps
indicate serious mishief at work in the lungs
In some cases catarrh will extend INTO the
lungs in a few weeks; In other cases 1t muy be
months, and even years, before the disease at
tacks tho lunys sufficiently TO cause serious in
terference with the general health. When the
disc SO has developed to such point the pa
tent is said to nave catarrhal consumption.
With bronchial catarrh there Is more or less
fever which differs with the diferent parts of
the day-sight in the morning, higher In tho
afternoon and evening. ~.
Sometimes during the day the patient has Q
creeping, chilly sensation, which may last from
half an hour to an hour the surface of the
body feeiing dry and hot. During the night,
near the morning, there may be sweats. Such
sweats are known night swents.
The pulse is usually more rapid than normal
and the patient loses flesh and strength.
fresh cold ia all that Is needed at this point to
develop rapid consumption In some instances
the patient loses strength and flesh slowly.
The muscles gradually waste away. Then the
patient gradually regans some OF his strength,
only to 10 80 1t again.
weak stomach and dislike for food, which
seems to have lost its taste. causes the patient
to think he has dssense OF the stomach instead
of the lungs With these diarrhoea usually 90
ours, and there ia some disturbance OF tho kid
neys. In bronchial catarrh the voice often bo-
comes weak, husky and coarse. Thore Ii .
burning pain in throat with difficulty In swal-
lowing.